The entertaining Dodson dominated this fight from the opening bell. Coming off a title shot loss to Demetrious Johnson, Dodson rebounded with his lightning quick and powerful left hand. Dodson used it to knock Montague down early in the fight, then finished him with the left in the center of the Octagon.

The beltholder in the main event of the upcoming UFC 192 card at the Toyota Center, fought in the co-main event of the UFC 166 card in Houston. It wasn't a barn-burner but the current Light Heavyweight champion showed a preview of what would make him so tough in his UFC career. He wore down Nelson en route to an easy unanimous decision.

The co-main event at UFC 136 wasn't incredibly entertaining but it featured Jose Aldo, who still is considered to be one of the best fighters of all time. Aldo, who remains undefeated and is scheduled to fight Conor McGregor in a megafight in December, actually lost the first round to Florian, but then found his rhythm in the later rounds to win a unanimous decision and retain his UFC Featherweight belt.

In a typical fight for Lubbock native, Leonard "Bad Boy" Garcia, this was a slugfest. Huerta appeared to get the better of most of the exchanges, but Garcia continued to smile in the face of the attacks. Garcia locked in a rear-naked choke late in the fight, but Huerta was able to escape and come away with a unanimous decision victory in what was declared the UFC 69 Fight of the Night.

In the Fight of the Night at UFC 136, Pham and Garcia put on just as big a show in their rematch as they did in the first battle 10 months earlier. Knowing he needed a finish in the third and final round, Garcia swung for the fences and knocked Pham down, but was unable to finish him. After the bout, both fighters were all smiles as they did their interviews together inside the cage with Joe Rogan.

In the last fight of the Velasquez-dos Santos trilogy, Velasquez retained the UFC Heavyweight belt with a decisive victory - his second straight over dos Santos. Velasquez was too aggressive for dos Santos from the start. He rocked him in the third round with a straight right hand that opened a deep cut over his left eye, then dropped him again midway through the fourth round. This time, Velasquez pounced and forced the referee to stop the fight.

Sanchez won five Fight of the Night bonuses in his career, and Melendez is an action fighter, so hopes were high for this one. Both fighters delivered. In fact, this fight later was voted the fourth-best fight of 2013 and Fight of the Night at UFC 166. Having lost the first two rounds and suffered a deep gash over his eye, Sanchez knew he had to go for broke in the final round. Sanchez landed a right uppercut that dropped Melendez to a knee. Sanchez followed by attempting a rear-naked choke, but Melendez got out of it and escaped with a unanimous decision.

Edgar retained his UFC Lightweight championship at UFC 136 by rallying from a tough first round to rain down punches on Maynard and score a TKO victory in the fourth round. Edgar lost his first meeting with Maynard in 2008, then had a draw against him in January 2011. Ten months later, it looked like another defeat until Edgar landed short uppercut that sent Maynard back toward the fence, then a couple right hooks that dropped Maynard to his knees where Edgar jumped on top and landed several more punches before the fight was stopped and later declared the UFC 136 Fight of the Night.

This still stands as one of the biggest upsets in mixed martial arts history. Georges St. Pierre entered the fight as a 7-to-1 favorite to retain his Welterweight championship. Instead, Serra caught the champ with a hook that wobbled St. Pierre. Serra immediately pounced and beat him senseless until the referee had to step in and stop the fight. Serra lost a rematch with St. Pierre a year later and only won one more fight in his career, but for that glorious night, he was the best Welterweight in the world.